two questions about military garb...

[europamotorsports]

garb I mean, clothing.

Sorry for being an ignoramus but I've always wondered

1: why do the Israeli forces wear those funny looking things on their heads that look like humongous shower caps or a chefs hat.

2: why do they wear those black stripes of clothe around their helmets? Does that have some kind of meaning?

[BOOST_junkie]

To answer one of your questions

They're for camouflage. The hat—called a mitznefet in Hebrew—attaches to a regular combat helmet and obscures its rigid, round shape. As the mitznefet flops about, it takes on an irregular form that's harder to recognize in a shadow or out of the corner of your eye. The hat also protects against the sun and the moon, which might reflect off the surface of the helmet. A standard mitznefet consists of reversible mesh fabric, with a greenish woodland camouflage print on one side and a brown desert print on the other.

[europamotorsports]

Originally Posted by BOOST_junkie

To answer one of your questions

They're for camouflage. The hat—called a mitznefet in Hebrew—attaches to a regular combat helmet and obscures its rigid, round shape. As the mitznefet flops about, it takes on an irregular form that's harder to recognize in a shadow or out of the corner of your eye. The hat also protects against the sun and the moon, which might reflect off the surface of the helmet. A standard mitznefet consists of reversible mesh fabric, with a greenish woodland camouflage print on one side and a brown desert print on the other.

that's what I was thinking, thanks for the reply.

[R0d]